Exhibit: Jody Williams’ Flying Paper Press
Special Collections, Golda Meir LibraryQuintessential Questions, Jody Williams An exhibit of artist's books created by Jody Williams and published by her Flying Paper Press in Minneapolis.
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Exhibit: Celebrate Black Music
Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir LibraryA selection of books, recordings, and other materials, drawn from the UWM Libraries collections, focused on the contributions of Blacks to music. A reading list on Black music as well as more information about the exhibit and links to listening …
Exhibit: WPA Toy Loan Project
Archives, Golda Meir LibraryArchives' newest exhibit examines the WPA toy loan project in Milwaukee, which gained national recognition for its success and influenced communities in other states to start their own toy loan programs. From 1938 until 1941, children up to 16 years old could …
ChatGPT in Context: A Discussion about Artificial Intelligence
Digital Humanities Lab, Golda Meir Library / onlinePresented by Tom Haigh, History (co-author, A New History of Modern Computing, MIT Press, 2021) Susan McRoy, Computer Science (author, Principles of Natural Language Processing, 2021, https://uwm.pressbooks.pub/naturallanguage/, and Chair, Computer Science) Join us for a discussion about artificial intelligence and the technologies …
Mapping Land History: Collaborating with the Oglala Lakota Nation on Land Research
American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDr. Sharity Bassett, visiting assistant professor of Women & Gender Studies and manager of the American Indian Student Center, presents a UWM Academic Adventurers talk, "Mapping Land History: Collaborating with the Oglala Lakota Nation on Land Research," on Friday, March …
Using GitHub to Build Websites
OnlinePresented by Stephen Appel, UWM Libraries. GitHub is most commonly understood as a site to share and collaborate on code. But non-coders can get a lot out of GitHub as well, including using GitHub to build digital exhibits (using Juncture, for …
Scholar Sip: Is Avatar a Communist Plot? Marx & the Alienation of Labor
UWM at Washington County Library 400 S. University Drive, West Bend, WI, United StatesPresented by Dr. Mark Peterson. Scholar Sip is a free community event held on select Thursdays over the lunch hour in the UWM at Washington County Library. Come find out about the incredible research done by UWM staff - and …
UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony
Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir LibraryThe Libraries and the Graduate School are co-sponsoring a celebration honoring UWM faculty and staff whose published monographs and recordings have been added to the UWM Authors Collection during the two years since the previous ceremony in 2021. Faculty and …
Exhibit: Body Bound
Mathis Art Gallery. Mitchell HallA thesis exhibition showcasing 20 books from Special Collections curated by Art History graduate student Rachel Allison. Image: JoAnna Poehlmann, Table of Contents, with Appendix, artist's book, Milwaukee, 1994.
Exhibit: Barry Moser — A Thief Among Angels
Fourth Floor Exhibition Gallery, Golda Meir LibraryIn a distinguished career that spans five decades, Barry Moser has established himself as a premier book designer, a renowned children’s book illustrator, and one of the finest wood engravers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Drawn from both Special …